Venezuela, Iran, and Greenland Take Center Stage for Congress This Week

And a development to the Gaza executive board, the Israeli prime minister's office announced on X today that the composition of the board was, quote, not coordinated with Israel and runs contrary to its policy. It added that their foreign affairs minister will contact Secretary of State Marco Rubio about the issue. Busy week on Capitol Hill where foreign policy took center stage. Lawmakers tackled issues regarding Venezuela, Iran and Greenland. Our Washington Senate Democratic leadership signaled that they will continue to push for war powers resolutions after failing to limit President Trump's powers to take further military action in Venezuela. Republicans in the Senate abdicated their responsibility and said, if you want to go to war in South America, go ahead. How does that look? Everything we're doing is this. We're going to be filing a lot more war powers resolutions. They can run, but they can't hide. We're going to have it. We're going to have votes on all of these. And they're going to have to whip these votes very hard. I know how hard they'll have to whip to get Republicans to support them on the Greenland, Denmark vote. They're going to have to whip that very, very hard. A bipartisan group of senators met with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who confirmed she presented President Donald Trump with the Nobel Peace Prize medal she received last year. I presented the president of the United States the medal, the Nobel Peace Prize. The people of Bolivar are giving back to the hair of Washington a medal, in this case, the medal of the Nobel Peace Prize as a recognition for his unique commitment with our freedom. Republican lawmakers have shown their support to the Trump administration in case the White House decides to take military action or other actions against the Iranian regime after more than 12,000 civilians have been reportedly killed in recent protests. Trump administration potentially taking action on Iran amid the protests and thousands of people being killed by the regime there. Well, I think he's a man of his word, and he said he's going to. I think we're positioning troops and assets. So I expect it sooner rather than later. The brutality that we're hearing underground coming out of Iran is truly horrific. Well, I mean, we stand in solidarity with the people of Iran who clearly want change after, what, 50 years of absolute disaster, almost 50 years. And they want freedom. They want to have, you know, the rights recognized. And I think, you know, I'm hopeful that the regime's days are numbered. Look, I think that we should work with our international partners and exert our leverage and pressure them to stop the violence. I'm glad to see that SpaceX is considering offering Starlink to people in Iran so they have Internet access. But we should not be going to war. Congressman, do you think House Democrats will push for a War Powers resolution on the Iran issue to prevent President Trump from taking any action against the Iranian regime? We need to have a War Powers resolution that covers all of these situations. It is time for the United States Congress to retake its constitutional power and reestablish the balance. And don't get me wrong, this is not just about Donald Trump alone. This is a problem that has been 20 years in the making. Republican presidents and Democratic presidents, Republican members of Congress, Democratic members of Congress for decades have allowed the balance of power to be so skewed. A bipartisan group of 11 lawmakers traveled to Denmark this week amid U.S. tensions with European allies over Greenland. And part of the point of this trip is to have a bipartisan group of members of Congress listen respectfully to our friends, our trusted allies and partners here in Denmark and from Greenland, and to go back to the United States and share those perspectives so that we can lower the temperature and have a more constructive dialogue about the best path forward. Thank you, Linda. Lawmakers have less than two weeks to finish the appropriations process for fiscal year 2026 or face another government shutdown at the end of the month. Thus far, Congress has passed six out of the 12 appropriation bills for fiscal year 2026. Reporting from Washington, D.C., Luis Eduardo Martinez, NTD News.